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Welcome to the Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections!
The library is home to earth, climate, environmental science, and geospatial publications, including popular science and children’s science books. We are also home to an extensive map collection and the Stanford Geospatial Center.
Stop by if you're looking for a place to work, study or simply destress with one of our jigsaw puzzles or board games!
Entry Requirements
Your current Stanford ID card or Library-issued card
Visitors must sign in at the desk and present a government-issued ID
Branner Library News
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Digital Library Systems and Services (DLSS) has published a new reference resource about the work we produce in digitization services: Digitization Exemplars. This exhibit features an array of examples of each of the kinds of materials that we digitally reformat in our various labs.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will soon update the data management and sharing requirements associated with grant-funded research. On January 25, 2023, a new NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy will go into effect, replacing the current policy that has been in place since 2003.
Stanford Libraries and the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability (SDSS) are delighted to announce that Christine (Chrissy) Garcia will be joining Stanford Libraries on November 14, 2022 as the Geoscience Specimen Collections Curator and Manager. This unique position sits within the Libraries, but will be responsible for managing the rock, mineral, and paleontology collections for the School. This collaboration will combine the expertise of both groups with active faculty input on the historical and contemporaneous collections and the libraries deep knowledge of material management, metadata standards, physical and digital preservation, and digitization workflows.